Deirdre McIlvenna and Alma O'Sullivan Two finance experts have been promoted to partners in Maples and Calder's Dublin office as part of a tranche of promotions across the firm's global offices.
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Joanne O'Sullivan Kennedys Law has named experienced healthcare specialist Joanne O'Sullivan as a new partner in the firm's Dublin office.
Julie Huddleston International law firm DWF has appointed partner Julie Huddleston to its banking team in Belfast.
Supreme Court: State Insurance Compensation Fund must cover claims against collapsed insurer Setanta
The Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland has been successful in its appeal to the Supreme Court, which found that any claims against the liquidated insurer, Setanta, must be covered by the State’s Insurance Compensation Fund. Delivering the judgment of the 5:2 majority, Justice O’Donnell found th
Solicitors should be obliged to inform their clients about Press Council of Ireland mechanisms to resolve press complaints before taking court action, press ombudsman Peter Feeney has said. Mr Feeney (pictured) has said that the measures could be one of a series of steps taken to reduce the "inflate
A peer in the UK's House of Lords has said it is "surprising and regrettable" that crimes abolished in England in 1967 continue to exist in Ireland. Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC, an accomplished barrister who became a peer in 1993, submitted a letter to The Irish Times in wake of a Supreme Court rul
The launch of a statutory registration scheme for providers of publicly-funded legal services must be pushed back further than September 2017, The Bar of Northern Ireland has said. In its response to the Department of Justice's consultation on the scheme, The Bar said the latest consultation documen
Ireland's housing legislation "does not adequately consider the individual rights and welfare of children", the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, has said. It follows reports that 12 families were directed to Garda stations no Tuesday night because no emergency accommodation was available.
Lawyers for the Director of Public Prosecutions have sought access for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to transcripts of the Seán FitzPatrick trial. The trial collapsed earlier this week after 127 days when Judge John Aylmer heavily criticised the ODCE investigation and directed
The Courts Service of Ireland has denied the secondment of court researchers to the Garda whistleblower inquiry will cause administrative strain. Two judicial researchers in the Supreme Court have been assigned to the inquiry chaired by Mr Justice Peter Charleton.
Northern Ireland's Attorney General John Larkin QC will intervene in a High Court case over legal recognition of humanist weddings. Model Laura Lacole and footballer Eunan O’Kane are seeking to challenge laws by which couples wishing to have a humanist ceremony must also have a separate civil regi
Progress continues towards a settlement in a court action brought by thousands of shareholders against the Royal Bank of Scotland, senior counsel has said. The case was meant to begin this week but has been adjourned to allow settlement discussions between the bank and investors to take place.
Staff at ByrneWallace took part in their first choir competition at the National Workplace Choir of The Year Competition.
An employee of the Health Service Executive has been granted a declaration to the effect that the HSE’s unilateral decision to temporarily reassign her from her role as Area Director of Nursing, Mental Health Services to a position within the Programme Management Office, constituted a breach of he
Over 400 lawyers have been welcomed to Belfast for the International Bar Association's Bar Leaders' Conference and Mid-Year Meetings.